Security Consultant Contracts in Central London

Security Consultant
London > Central London

The median Security Consultant daily rate in Central London is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 157 174
Rank change year-on-year +45 +17 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Security Consultant 25 20 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.03% 0.55% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 0.57% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 18 17
10th Percentile £496 £499 £350
25th Percentile £545 £510 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £523 £550
Median % change year-on-year +33.97% -5.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £813 £638 -
90th Percentile £875 £775 £730
London median daily rate £594 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -1.04% +9.09% -4.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 2,308 3,483 4,215
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.41% 94.93% 94.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,608 2,364 3,175
10th Percentile £350 £325 £353
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £555
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +8.11% +3.26%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £677
90th Percentile £788 £813 £775
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 23 51
10th Percentile £20.10 £15.50 £15.75
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% -13.58% +113.30%
75th Percentile £28.59 £61.25 £54.50
90th Percentile £41.50 £87.64 £62.50
London median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.12%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in Central London

Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Security Consultant in Central London

Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in Central London over the 6 months to 22 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Consultant in Central London

Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the Central London region over the 6 months to 22 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +45 24 £700 +34.62% 6
Security Consultant
London

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 22 June 2024, Security Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 16 (64.00%) Finance
2 12 (48.00%) Information Security
2 12 (48.00%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (36.00%) Cloud Security
4 8 (32.00%) NIST
4 8 (32.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (28.00%) Identity Access Management
6 6 (24.00%) Application Security
6 6 (24.00%) Azure
6 6 (24.00%) AWS
6 6 (24.00%) Security Architecture
7 5 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 5 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (20.00%) PKI
7 5 (20.00%) GCP
8 4 (16.00%) SD-WAN
8 4 (16.00%) Key Management
8 4 (16.00%) Google
8 4 (16.00%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (16.00%) CRISC
8 4 (16.00%) SIEM
8 4 (16.00%) Banking
8 4 (16.00%) CISM
8 4 (16.00%) Firewall
8 4 (16.00%) ERP
8 4 (16.00%) WAN
8 4 (16.00%) CISSP
9 3 (12.00%) Data Protection
9 3 (12.00%) PCI DSS
9 3 (12.00%) Social Skills

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.00%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) AWS
1 6 (24.00%) Azure
2 5 (20.00%) GCP
3 1 (4.00%) Akamai
3 1 (4.00%) Amazon S3
3 1 (4.00%) GitHub
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) Firewall
1 4 (16.00%) SD-WAN
1 4 (16.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (4.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) CircleCI
1 1 (4.00%) RStudio
General
1 16 (64.00%) Finance
2 4 (16.00%) Banking
3 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) JWT
1 1 (4.00%) Kafka
1 1 (4.00%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) PKI
2 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.00%) Blog
4 1 (4.00%) Learning Management System
4 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.00%) SCORM
4 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Cybersecurity
1 12 (48.00%) Information Security
2 9 (36.00%) Cloud Security
3 7 (28.00%) Identity Access Management
4 6 (24.00%) Application Security
4 6 (24.00%) Security Architecture
5 5 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
5 5 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 4 (16.00%) ERP
6 4 (16.00%) Key Management
6 4 (16.00%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (16.00%) SIEM
7 3 (12.00%) Business Agility
7 3 (12.00%) Data Encryption
7 3 (12.00%) Data Protection
7 3 (12.00%) Database Security
7 3 (12.00%) Due Diligence
7 3 (12.00%) Security Auditing
8 2 (8.00%) ISMS
8 2 (8.00%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Java
1 1 (4.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (4.00%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) CISM
1 4 (16.00%) CISSP
1 4 (16.00%) CRISC
2 1 (4.00%) CISA
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (32.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (32.00%) NIST
2 3 (12.00%) ISO 31000
2 3 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 3 (12.00%) NIST 800
2 3 (12.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.00%) GDPR
3 1 (4.00%) GRC
3 1 (4.00%) ISAE 3402
3 1 (4.00%) NCSC
3 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Google
2 2 (8.00%) McAfee
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.00%) AlgoSec
3 1 (4.00%) ForeScout
3 1 (4.00%) SAP
3 1 (4.00%) Unisys